Cooling System/Radiator Flush Service
Cooling System Services Include:- Pressure test cooling system for leaks.
- Flush engine, radiator and heater core in both directions.
- Bring antifreeze to -35 degrees.
- Balance coolant pH level to between 9.8 and 10.5
- Visually inspect radiator cooling fan for proper operation.
- Visually inspect heater operation.
What is a Cooling System Service?
Your radiator protects your engine and air conditioning condenser from overheating. It also plays another important role. In today’s computer-controlled engines, a radiator coolant temperature sensor actually tells your car’s computer and other sensors how to adjust your fuel mixture and timing. So, the efficiency of your radiator directly affects the efficiency of your engine.
That is why we recommend flushing your cooling system and pH balancing your antifreeze at least once every two years. More importantly, we recommend having this service performed by us here at Tire Factory as our knowledgeable technicians have the training and proper equipment.
Our Cooling System Power Flush continuously forces coolant under pressure through the engine, radiator and heater core in both directions at different times. Simultaneously, it forces the coolant through 25- and 5- micron filters to remove contaminates.
While the coolant is circulating, we add water or antifreeze, whichever is needed. The molecules in water are spaced far apart, so water easily absorbs heat from the engine, but water can freeze and corrode metal. The molecules in antifreeze are packed tightly together, so antifreeze does not absorb heat from the engine as efficiently as water but its ethylene glycol silicon base keeps the water from freezing, protects your radiator from corrosion and lubricates the moving parts in your cooling system. Our technicians will then achieve the correct 50-50 balance of water and antifreeze. We also add a special concentrate to achieve the correct pH level of 10.5 throughout the cooling system.
Finally, we pressure test your cooling system for leaks, clean the recovery bottle and test the radiator cap to be sure that it hold the proper pressure.
Once your cooling system service is completed, the radiator coolant should stay in the safe pH range of between 9.8 and 10.5 for about 2 years or 30,000 miles.
